Who: Alberto Giacobbe
Where: Paliano (Frosinone), Lazio, Italy
What: Passerina del Frusinate IGP, Cesanese di Olevano Romano DOP, Cesanese del Piglio Superiore Riserva DOCG
How: In conversion (Suolo e Salute), estate-grown
Total size: SMALL

Passerina del Frusinate IGP Duchessa

APPELLATION: Passerina del Frusinate IGP

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Passerina

WINE STYLE: Bianco

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless Steel 50HL

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 15% of the production macerates on skins for 20 days, then soft press

MALOLACTIC: Not detected

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: 6 months in cement + 2 months in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Not clarified, cartridge filtered, very large

VEGAN: N/A

TOTAL SO2: 3 or 4 grams during harvest, then bottling for a total amount around 50 ppm

BOTTLING DATE: April 2023

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13%

VINEYARD: no name (North South-east)

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Grapes are certified Organic (Suolo e Salute)

ALTITUDE: 300 m

SOIL: Volcanic

YEAR PLANTED: 1975

DENSITY: 4000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: First half of September 2022

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 12000 bottles